[Reverie]

Hey all,

A bit of a strange request, but I'm quite a newbie to DIY audio. I recently started a Tripath project, and ordered various parts from Percy Audio, including some Wonder Ultraclear solder for...well...the soldering.

Thing is, after soldering all the SMT capacitors, things seemed fine, but come the SMT resistors, I really feel I could with thinner solder to make the process easier. Now I measured mine with a micrometre and estimate it to be around 0.8mm in diameter, making it around AWG20. Now my first question is - can you get decent solders smaller than that?

So basically, if anyone has a few feet of any suitably-sized high quality solder (I'm still undecided about the hype around silver solders etc, but it's a small cost, so I'm thinking Cardas, Wonder, WBT etc) then I'd be very happy to buy it off them. If no such smaller solder exists, then I'll just have to give it my best shot 

Any help appreciated 

Peter C.

[GBB]

So basically, if anyone has a few feet of any high quality solder (I'm still undecided about the hype around silver solders etc, but it's a small cost, so I'm thinking Cardas, Wonder, WBT etc) then I'd be very happy to buy it off them. If no such smaller solder exists, then I'll just have to give it my best shot 

For this application, some Kester electronic silver solder would do the trick.



You can buy it a places like Mouser, Digikey, or Parts Express.  The Parts Express page is here:

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=370-082

Good luck.

---Gary

[2wo]

I agree, this is very good all around solder. I now buy the Welborne solder by the pound ( it may well be the same stuff).

The 2% silver can come in handy if you run into a silver bearing part but it has no down side. It is easy to use,flows nicely, good but not messy flux and if you do your part you get nice shiney joints...John